"LaToya is Wounded" was written by Dafydd ab Hugh (lives in L.A., FWIW).
I agree -- it is a -wonderful- take on the intelligent animal trope. As
well as a wonderful take on the issue of duty and honor.
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Hart Chappell <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list SF-LIT <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: SF-LIT Digest - 15 Jan 1999 to 16 Jan 1999
>In a message dated 99-01-17 00:03:03 EST, you write:
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><< Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:39:13 -0500
> From: Sani <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Animal stories
>
> At 09:11 13.1.1999 -0800, you wrote:
> >I thought the original query was about wildcats? Have Cherryh and Niven
> >been mentioned?
>
> :-) Yes, the original query was about the wild cats but it is so easy to
come
> to cats :-):-) And coming to cats, I would like to ask about dogs.
> I have read the novel Fluke by Herbert and City by Simac where the main
> protagonists are dogs. I enjoyed very much both books - are there other
> books with dogs - one of my favorite animal.
>
> Jitka >>
>Speaking of dog stories:
>I don't know who wrote "LaToya is Wounded", and I know it is not a book;
but
>it is my favorite dog story. Does anyone else remember who wrote it? Was
>there ever a full-blown novel in the same "universe"?
>Harlan Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog" and all of Clifford D. Simak's dog
>stories also come to mind. I read the Simak stories first; then Ellison's;
>then "Latoya is Wounded".
>--Tom
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